The Penn's Grove record., 1887-08-20
state News.

men will be to memorabilia Congress
to take the matter under consideration
and compel the fishermen to keep Out
in deep water. The destruction of
food fish this year has beeu unprece-
dented in the history OF menhaden fish
ing. The general complaint is that
the pirates follow up the school of food
fish and come within a quarter of mile
of shore.
A committee of the Council of Pro
prietors of New Jersey is in session at
Beach Haven endeavOring to fiud tie
point from which the dividing line be-
tween the provinces of East and West
Jersey was started by George Keith in
1887, and to deGnately settle the bound
cry question, which has been in dispute
200 years. The starting point was at
the lswer end Of Long Beach, whele
Little Egg Harper Inlet formerly en-
tered, but the shifting sands of two cen
turtles have dntirely covered the land
marks.
John Harris, Auditor of Camden
county. by order of the Board of Cllos-
Ell %Freeholders, has prepared itemized
statements of the amounts due tie
county by the lawyers for Sc arches fees
ETC., and will to-day send ont bills to
The delinquent attorneys, together
with a notice informing all persons ill.,
terested that he will make application
to Judge Parker on the 9TH September
for AN order debdrring those attorneys
then delinquent from practicing in the
Circuit Court.
United States Marshal A. L. Gordon
of New Brunswick, who had a slight
stroke of paralysis last Saturday, had
another shock last night, and doubts
are ENTERTAINED of his recovery. His
left side is entirely paralyzed. MIR.
| Gorden has owned and edited the New
Brunswick Times for twenty years.
Two years ago lie was appointed United
| States Marshel, to succeed w. Budd
Deacon.
Secretary of State Kelsey, and Mrs.
Kelsey sailed for Europe on Thursday
going direct ia Bremen, and theme to
some of the German spas. The trip is
undertaken mainly for the benefit OF
| Mrs. Kelsey's health. They will re-
turn to this country before the end of
September.
Somuel N. SbIeve, who IS now a civ
il prisoner of the Sheriff of Carmen
county on the charge of misappropriat-
ing money and securities belonging to
lis uncfes. JOHN j. and -Ephraim l.
| Glover, to the amount of SIG, 7.5S,
las given II chattel mortgage on all the
stock and fixtures of his machine shop
to his mother, and the document WAS
recorded SATURDAY.. The nominal con-
sideration is $4,000.
Warren Leland, Jr., the proprietor
of The Ocean Hotel, Long Branch,
caught akSpanish mackeiel weighing
forty-Dine pounds at the Ocean Hotel
fishing grounds. Wednesdayimorning.
1t is the largest mackerel ever caught
o this coast, and measures fouI feet
and ten inches in length.
The West Jersey Camp Meeting
commenced at Willow Grove on Thurs
day and continues until:the Goth mss
Revs. G. l.. Dobbins, J. p. Connolly
and William Burley will be the clergy
men in charge. Professor w. j. Kirk
patrick, of Philadelphia, will he the
musical director.
A Washington correspondent states
that Hon. Thomas M. Ferrell is will
ing TO resign the Internal Revenue
| Collectorship of this district TO accept
the position of Doorkeeper of the next
House of Representatives. Let him
go.
Adam Exton, the celebrated cracker
baker. died at Trenton yesterday. He
was 10 years old. He leaves a large
estate, including a lifeinsnrance policy
of $4,000.
The South Seaville camp meeting
commenced on Thursday, to continue
for two weeks.
The annual reunion of the Survivors
of the Ninth New Jersey Regiment
will be held at Trenton on Tuesday.
Sept. ID. Company ] of this Regiment
was formed in Salem county.
There are six Democrats remaining
on the police force of Camden, they
being protected by the state Tenure
of-Otiee act.
The recent sharp advance ia freight
rates on the Camden and arlington
County Railroad has resulted in the
building of a steam tug by Wills &
Stokes, of Mount Holly, which will be
ut in service on Monday for the trans
portation of freight To aud from Phil
adelphia and the Rancocas Rive,
which is navigable us far us Mount
Holly.
Stale Senators are To be elected this
fall in Camden, Essex, Gloucester,
Monmouth, Somerset, Union, Salem and
Warren counties. There will probably
b. no change in the respective number
of Democrats and Republicans elected,
probably in Somerset, where a Demo-
crat may succeed Mr.. Thompson.
Bogus. g silver certificates are o
being extensively circulated through
out the State, and United States Sc
cret Service Officer Bell has been
warning the banks regarding them.
,alao ranh line is being run